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Stop abusing boy violence , human trafficking, Human Rights Day concept. The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the … Read more: EVENT | "AI and Human Trafficking: threats, tools and legal frontiersContinue Reading

The opposition, civil society and media operate under severe restrictions on their rights to freedom of expression and association, alongside threats, … Read more: Rwanda: Authorities must immediately release Victoire Ingabire – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

GENEVA – A group of UN and regional human rights experts* today urged States to halt the repressive and punitive criminalisation of those seeking … Read more: UN and regional experts urge States to stop criminalizing civil society and protests | OHCHRContinue Reading

We strongly condemn the ongoing gross, systematic and widespread human rights violations, some of which may amount to crimes against humanity, and the … Read more: EU Statement – HRC60 – Interactive dialogue with the Group of Independent Experts on BelarusContinue Reading

By denying all grounds for dismissal, the court delivered a decisive win on core issues in international human rights litigation — ending decades of … Read more: Jenner & Block Team Named Litigators of the Week Runners-Up for Landmark Human Rights VictoryContinue Reading

Emphasizes victims' rights, including the right to truth and to compensation. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Advisor on Legal Affairs, Leanid Marozau: “ … Read more: UN experts published a report on the situation of human rights in BelarusContinue Reading

… of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body's work on human rights and labor. Read more: Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N. – The New York TimesContinue Reading

As part of Harvard Climate Action Week 2025, the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights convened a panel titled Human Resources: Indigenous Leadership … Read more: Indigenous Leadership on Protecting Water as a Fundamental Right | Harvard Kennedy SchoolContinue Reading

My name is Manal Alawal, I am a Sudanese woman human rights defender from the Kordofan region. The recent surge of violence in North, West… Read more: HRC has a moral and political responsibility to respond proportionately to the crisis in SudanContinue Reading

We will not waver in our support for Belarusian civil society and human rights defenders. To the representatives of Belarus, we say: release all … Read more: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with Group of Independent Experts on BelarusContinue Reading

We further call on Burundi to ensure accountability for human rights violations via impartial investigations and judicial independence, especially … Read more: UK Statement for the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Burundi – GOV.UKContinue Reading

… human rights situations or themes around the world. Albanese provides a … Chief among these is the stipulation that all corporations should carry out … Read more: Public-Private Genocide? – Opinio JurisContinue Reading

In a major victory for migrant and refugee rights, on September 14, Ontario became the last province in Canada to block the Canada Border Services … Read more: Human rights win: Immigration detention ends in provincial jails across CanadaContinue Reading

On 18 September 2025, Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, addressed the Human Rights Council … Read more: Work is a lifelong right – age must not mean exclusion | #HRC60 – YouTubeContinue Reading